Del. Householder vs. the Bard of Bakerton

June 28, 2013

I used to enjoy having a cup of coffee on quiet Saturday and Sunday mornings and leisurely reading the outstanding weekend columns that The Journal used to have, including professors of economics Dr. Thomas Sowell and Dr. Walter E. Williams, the longtime head of the Economics Department at George Mason University in Fairfax. Both of these accomplished African-American intellectuals bring their scholarly work down to a level that even I can understand.

The late David Broder, George Will and Mark Shields also wrote thoughtful columns.

I was disappointed when The Journal replaced most of those great weekend columnists with failed politicians like Howard Swint, Pat Buchanan and Robert Reich; and Sean O'Leary, a playwright from Bakerton.

O'Leary writes authoritatively on economic issues without any indication that he might understand what he's talking about, and now he pretends to be a Constitutional Law expert with his mean-spirited attack on Delegate Eric Householder.

O'Leary is a fairly good writer, perhaps among the best in Bakerton, but he is first and foremost a propagandist.

Over time, I have watched him use just about every tool in the propaganda tool chest, including straw men, bandwagon effect, bait and switch, and the big lie.

In his most recent column, O'Leary is, as usual, wrong in most of his points.

However, he does serve the beneficial purpose of letting us know that Del. Householder is working to protect our rights from an overbearing federal government. Keep up the good work, Del. Householder!